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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6429812 | Mobile communication device A mobile communications device comprising a location sensing system, producing a location output; a memory, storing a set of locations and associated events: a telecommunications device, communicating event and location information between a remote system... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6388532 | System and method for programming oscillators A system and method for programming a digitally tunable oscillator is provided. A desired output frequency is received. A tuning effect of a set of digital tuning words on a crystal resonant frequency is determined, and valid parameters of an algorithm fo... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6370849 | Synthetic saddle tree for riding saddles A synthetic saddle tree for riding saddles having a shell-shaped seat region (4) and an upwards raised pommel section (6) attaching thereto at the front and running towards the withers of the horse is characterised in that in the seat region a window (14)... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6371240 | Anechoic chamber The modular anechoic panel system provides modular anechoic panel for construction of anechoic chambers particularly advantageous for use in sound testing and measurement. The modular anechoic panel incorporates into a single structural member the element... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6367812 | Radial shaft-sealing ring and process for manufacturing the same A radial shaft-sealing ring with a sealing (1) ring made of a polymer with sealing properties, rubber for example. The sealing ring has at least one lip (2) that rests on the shaft (4) against a backing ring (3) at the side not subject to pressure. The li... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6367631 | Locking system for stacking boxes as well as a stacking box system The invention describes a locking system for stacking boxes that is characterized by individual plate-shaped elements, where two such plate-shaped elements each are assigned and can be attached to two opposite sides of a stacking box. Each element exhibit... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6361047 | Game and method having polarized adhesion portions A game system having a playing board which comprises one or more regions of polarized adhesion material, and a plurality of playing pieces, each with two faces, which may have polarized adhesion material of one or both types. The polarized adhesion materi... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6357240 | Apparatus and method for flushing a chiller system A method for flushing contaminants from a contaminated refrigeration system, comprising flushing a continuously purified volatile composition through a portion of a refrigeration system during a first phase; flushing an aqueous solvent through the portion... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6358565 | Method for making a protective coating containing silicon carbide The present invention relates to a method for making a protective coating containing silicon carbide on at least a portion of the surface of a substrate made from a material with a softening temperature that is above the temperature applied to make the pr... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6352248 | Hydraulically damped bearing A hydraulically damped bearing having a first anchoring member (2) and a second anchoring member (3) that are arranged in a movable fashion to one another, having a spring element (6) operating between the first and second anchoring members (2, 3), and ha... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6352499 | Process for operating a blood centrifugation unit A process is disclosed for operating a centrifuging unit with a centrifuging container, in particular a centrifuging bowl, for separating the components of a liquid, in particular blood, containing components with different specific weights. The centrifug... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351265 | Method and apparatus for producing an electronic image A method of providing normalized images, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving an electronic representation of an image including a head; (b) extracting the head from the image; (c) determining a size of the head; (d) rescaling the head to a plurality of desired sizes;... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6350467 | Pharmaceutical preparations of glutathione and methods of administration thereof A method of increasing glutathione levels in mammalian cells comprising administering an oral bolus of encapsulated pharmaceutically stabilized glutathione in a rapidly dissolving formulation to a mammal on an empty stomach. Pharmaceutical formulations in... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6351477 | Optically pumped intensifying agent, in particular a solid intensifying agent Optically pumped amplifiers, in particular solid-state amplifiers, comprise an amplification medium (1) and an optical pumping arrangement (5) via which the pumping radiation is coupled to the amplification medium (1), the pumping radiation being formed b... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6346714 | Method and device for processing a photostimulatable image plate The invention relates to a method for processing a photostimulatable image plate (8). The image plate (8) is taken out of a cassette (1, 40), processed and placed back in the same cassette (1, 40), the cassette being conveyed from an input station (20) to... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6345238 | Linear temperature sensor A linear temperature sensor that incorporates passive bipolar semiconductor devices and is capable of high accuracy over a very wide temperature range. The passive bipolar semiconductor device splits a voltage drop between the bipolar semiconductor and a ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6344102 | Embossing method for producing a structured voluminous nonwoven The invention relates to a method for producing a structured voluminous non-woven fabric, comprising the following steps: producing a spunbonded non-woven fabric consisting of a plurality of monofilaments which are stretched only at 50 to 70% of the maxim... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6338305 | On-line remediation of high sulfur coal and control of coal-fired power plant feedstock The present invention makes possible the economic and environmental use of high sulfur coal by removing the sulfur at the power generating plant. This process reduces the risk of fire, explosion, and freezing in storing and transporting reclaimed, ground ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6322566 | Intraoral distractor for callus distraction in the lower jaw Intraoral distractor for callus distraction in the human lower jaw with a proximal (posterior) and a distal (anterior) fixation part and a first displacement mechanism for a linear lengthening of the distance between the two fixation parts so as to length... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6324190 | Device with at least one beam source and an arrangement for geometric reshaping of the radiation field emitted by the beam source An arrangement is disclosed for geometrically shaping a radiation field, in particular the radiation field of a diode laser array which propagates in the z direction and has a radiation cross section which is larger, in a direction defined as the y direct... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6318651 | Mill, in particular for milling of bone, as well as a drum, provided with cutting members, applicable in the mill A mill comprises a housing (3) and a drum (15), provided with cutting members (17), which is rotatably located inside the housing. The cutting members and the drum are made from one piece and the cutting members are formed by local thickenings of the wall... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6312786 | Composite sheet and method of manufacture thereof The invention concerns a multiple-layer composite sheet and a method of manufacturing such a sheet. The composite sheet comprises a supporting sheet bonded to a "hetero sheet". The hetero sheet consists of a heterogeneous blend of an elastic thermoplastic... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6313943 | Underwater microscope In order to provide an underwater microscope which can obtain a sharp picture of live underwater microorganisms in motion, an underwater microscope 10 comprises at least a camera 12 having an optical axis of an optical system, a channel 22 introducing a w... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6297420 | Method of selecting an item to match a person's skin tone A method of selecting or manufacturing a matching skin tone item, such as a bandage; including sterile wrapped adhesive bandages, the methods including matching by scanner, manufacturing by printing, developing skin tone colors.... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6290778 | Method and apparatus for sonic cleaning of heat exchangers A method for cleaning a tube-in-shell heat exchanger, comprising removably inserting an ultrasonic transducer within the shell of the heat exchanger; providing a liquid medium within the shell of the heat exchanger; exciting the ultrasonic transducer to p... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6283628 | Intelligent input/output temperature sensor and calibration method therefor An intelligent input/output (I/O) temperature sensor includes a temperature sensing element which generates a plurality of digital data indicative of the temperature at the temperature sensing element, a processor directly coupled to the temperature sensi... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6282762 | Connecting element for sheet piles A connecting element for sheet piles has a cross-section the shape of which is reminiscent of a seahorse, insofar as it forms two hook bars (3, 4) having relatively large inner spaces (8, 14). The hook bars (3, 4) securely grasp the hook bars (21, 22) of ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6280880 | Method for surface treatment of fibrous polyphenylene sulfide or polysulfone A method for surface treatment of a fibrous polyphenylene sulfide or polysulfone is based on the use of a gas mixture of 1 to 5% in volume of elemental fluorine, of nitrogen as carrier gas and of no more than 20% in volume elemental oxygen. The gas mixtur... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279984 | Auto visor A deployable windshield sun visor made of tinted plastic, or tinted safety glass is retracted and stored in the roof of the vehicle. The shield is deployed upon the activation of a switch and will then move down upon the windshield to thereby lessen glare... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6276817 | Discontinuous light-beam condenser lens A discontinuous light-beam condenser lens which features excellent light-beam permeability and little loss of solar energy, and can precisely condense incident light beams onto a condensing line, and is formed by a combination of a plurality of lens segme... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6277610 | Rapid thermal cycle processing methods and apparatus A system and method for processing a lipid membrane bound structure, the method comprising the steps of providing the structure to be processed in a liquid medium; and beating the liquid medium containing the structure at a rate and through a range suffic... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6273924 | Tool for machining workpieces by cutting A tool for machining workpieces, specially metal workpieces, by cutting, e.g., grinding, polishing, milling, separating or honing, comprising at least one stock-removing tool portion and whose machining range consists of a composite material containing a ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6273438 | Hand truck A hand truck which comprises the following essential elements: (a) an elongate chassis having upper and lower ends and a first longitudinal axis between them; (b) a handle arranged at the upper end of the chassis; (c) load lifting platform arranged at the lower end... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6266978 | Method for producing synthetic quartz glass for use in ArF excimer laser lithography A simple method for producing a synthetic quartz glass having excellent homogeneity and high transmittance, which is useful as an optical material in producing steppers equipped with an ArF excimer laser as a radiation source. A method for producing a syn... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6258759 | Metal working water and metal working composition A metal-working water or a metal-working composition which has excellent cooling and lubricating properties and does not exert a harmful influence on the environment. A metal-working water containing sodium ion and one or more kinds selected from the grou... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6259991 | Environmental location system A system and method for determining a location. The system employs encoded information devices dispersed through the environment, each having a non-unique code associated therewith. The codes from the encoded information devices are acquired as a reading ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6254106 | Device for sealing a gap A device for sealing a gap between two members. The device comprises at least one elastically expanding hose accommodated in a groove (2) in the wall of the gap. The hose can be expanded by a compressible fluid introduced through a rigid opening such that... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253423 | Fixing element The invention relates to a fixing element for connecting component parts, in particular plastic paneling, to sheet-metal, in particular parts of the chassis of a motor vehicle. Said fixing element comprises a plastic body which has a base configured for i... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6252544 | Mobile communication device A mobile communications device comprising a location sensing system, producing a location output; a memory, storing a set of locations and associated events; a telecommunications device, communicating event and location information between a remote system... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6250910 | Thermoforming tool A thermoforming tool employed for wrap-around lamination of a sheet to at least one edge (3) of a molding (2) loosely resting on the tool's lower half. The tool comprises a sheet-stretching frame (4) that is positioned over the molding and lowers a therma... | 06/26/2001 |
